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Arduhn carves out an empire in Nippon.

Welcome to my samurai plog. It started off with the intention of making a Warhammer Empire army using samurai models. I've since branched off into different games. Check the latest posts to find out more.

Here's a list of 25-32mm samurai model companies:

West Wind
These are fairly nice, for the most part. They are older style Samurai, Genpei or Mongol Invasion era. They are not as good quality sculpts as perry's, but they're not bad.

Perry Miniatures
The best 28mm Samurai I have come across. The whole range is good. They are realistic, well-proportioned, and consistant in quality and scale. Sengoku period.

Kingsford Miniatures
They look fairly nice, but so far I haven't bought any. They do have some models that Perry doesn't produce, and they are really nice models too. I think the horses are kinda bad though. Sengoku Period.

Hasslefree Miniatures
They have a few martial arts miniatures. The sculpt quality is good, and they scale well with Perrys.

The Assault Group
I haven't picked any of these ones up yet, but they look decent. The quality is a bit variable from what I can tell. They are older period, like West Wind. From what I've seen of painted ones, the non painted pictures let them down. I'll probably pick some up at some point to check them out. It's also worth noting that TAG has a wide range of other Asian miniatures - from Chinese of various dynasties, to Mongols.

Eureka Miniatures
These are of variable quality. I don't have any, so I can't say much about them.

Okko
Some good hero models. Some have a distinct anime style. A little more fantasy than historical, but well sculpted, and similar scale to Perrys. The line is out of production, so you will have to look at eBay and the like.

Old Glory
A little smaller at 25mm. Some are kind of cool, but the quality seems to vary. Very cheap, but I'll probably skip them.

Curtey's Miniatures
I would have considered these until I found west wind and the assault group. They're not bad, it's just that west wind and AG are the same style, and better sculpts. They also have a variety of other Asian miniatures.

Wargames Factory
These are fairly decent. They are inexpensive, and a great way to bulk out the army. They are also plastic, which makes conversions a possibility. Unfortunately these are temporarily out of production, as the company has been sold to warlord games.
Sengoku era

Zenit Kensai
Nice models, but too expensive to make a unit, in my opinion. The characters are nice though.